Swampy's Florida

As the oil disaster grows and grows and ecomasses more of the Gulf, we’ll be seeing seafood prices soar. Here’s a story for the Ocala Star-Banner about it:
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Surging Seafood

Markets, restaurants may see prices rise

Cedric Kent peered through the glass of K&S Seafood’s fish counter Tuesday, the same way he has for years.

He has no fear that the fish and crabs sold at the Silver Springs Boulevard store are contaminated with the oil that’s been gushing form the broken well a mile under the Gulf of Mexico.

“I’ve been keeping up with the news, and President Obama and the government … said the seafood is safe to eat,” said Kent, a regional manager for a local chain restaurant. “So I’m not worried.” Kent stops at the fish market at least once a week to shop for himself. He knows the owners and their children and says he’d rather spend his money at a store near his home than a national grocery market.

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